Hat-holder



(No Model.)

.J. EGAN.

HAT HOLDER.

No. 584,992. Patented June 22,1897.

INVENTOR WITNESSES MAW ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JULIA EGAN, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO I-IERSELF AND GEORGE FELTI-IAM, JR., OF SAME PLACE, AND GEORGE FELTHAM, SR., OF WAY CROSS, GEORGIA.

HAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,992, dated June 22, 1897.

Application filed October 21, 1896. Serial No. 609,491. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIA EGAN, of Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Hat-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to hat-holders, such as shown and described in the Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 584,082, allowed on June 9, 1896.

.The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved hat-holder, which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to securely hold the hat in a trunk or other receptacle, to prevent the hat from' being crushed or otherwise injured, the holder being readily adjustable for hats of different sizes.

The invention consists principally of a series of arms extending from a base, and each provided with a slidable clamp adaptedto engage the brim of the hat and to lock the clamp in place on the arm.

The invention also consists of certain parts anddetails and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims. v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a-plan view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of one of the arms and the clamp.

The improved hat-holder is provided with a suitably-constructed base A, adapted to be fastened by screws or other means to the tray of a trunk or other part in a receptacle adapted to carry a hat. On the base A is arranged a short post B, from which extend a series of arms 0, each of which carries a slidable springclamp D, adapted to engage the brim of a hat and securely hold the hat in place on the arms. Each spring-clamp is provided with a body D, made approximately U shaped, and having its middle portion D formed with a polygonal aperture engaging a correspondingly-shaped arm 0, so that the body can slide on the arm, but is prevented from turning thereon.

The bottom arm D of the body D rests against the under side of the arm O, and the flexible top D of the said body is formed at its outer end with a downwardly-extending notched lug -D straddling the arm O and pressed in firm contact therewith by a projection D extending at right angles from the clamp-handle D pivoted in arms D extending upwardly from the outer end of the arm D The pivot for the clamp-handle D is at the junction of the lug D with the handle, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3, so that when the handle D7 is in a lowermost position then the lug D presses the flexible top D downward, so as to securely press the lug D in engagement with the arm 0 and lock the clamp in place on the said arm.

lVhen the clamp-handle D is thrown upward, as indicated in Fig. 3, then the lug D is carried away from the flexible top D and the entire clamp-body with the clamp-handle can be moved forward or backward on the arm C, so as to bring the clamp into the desired position relatively to the size of the hat. WVhen this has been done, the clamp-handle D is thrown downward to engage the top of the brim of the hat, the edge of which abuts against the side arms D and the under side of the brim rests on the top of part of the flexible top D.

In order to prevent the clamps D from becoming accidentally disconnected from the arms 0, 1 form the latter at their outer ends with an n pwardly-extending flange C. When the device is not in use, the arms 0 can be unscrewed from the post B and folded so as to take up but very little room.

It will be seen that this device is very simple and durable in construction, and can be readily adjusted to any-sized hat to securely hold the latter in place and prevent injury thereof when contained in a trunk or other receptacle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a base, a plurality of arms projecting outwardly therefrom, springclamps slidable on each arm and adapted to engage the brim of the hat to hold the same,

and means carried by each clamp for lockin g the same with the respective arms, substantially as described.

2. A hat-holder, comprising a base, a series of arms extending therefrom, and a clamp adapted to slide on each of the said arms, and adapted to be locked in place thereon, the clam p being prevented from turning upon the arm, substantially as shown and described.

3. A hat-holder, comprising a base, a series of arms extending therefrom and removably connected therewith, aclamp slidably held 011 each of the said arms but prevented from turning thereon, each clamp comprising a U shaped body fitted to slide on the arm and having a flexible top formed with a downwardly-extending lug engaging the arm, and a clamp -handle pivoted 011 the body and formed with a lug adapted to engage the said flexible top of the body,substantially as shown and described.

4. A hat-holder, provided with a springclamp comprising a U-shaped body formed in its middle portion with an aperture adapted to engage the arm on which the clamp is adj ustably held, the said body being provided with a flexible top formed by a downwardlyextending lug adapted to engage the arm, and a clamp-handle pivoted on the said body and formed with a lug engaging the said flexible top, substantially as shown and described.

5. A hat-holder, comprising a base, a series of arms extending therefrom and removably connected therewith, a clamp slidably held on each of the said arms but prevented from turning thereon, each clamp comprising a U- shaped body fitted to slide on the arm and having a flexible top formed with a downwardly-extending lug engaging the arm, a clamp-handle pivoted on the body and formed with a lug adapted to engage the said flexible top, and flanges on the outer ends of the said arms for preventing the clamps from sliding off the arms, substantially as shown and described.

JULIA EGAN.

\Vitnesscs:

Mrs. J. A. Moons, Mrs. E. S. MooRE. 

